Sufi Saint of Jam. History, Religion, and Politics of a Sunni Shrine in Shi'i Iran, Hardback - Shivan Mahendrarajah

Spanning 900 years of history, this book explores the genesis, florescence, degeneration, and regeneration of the 'saint cult' and shrine-complex o...

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Examining different forms of resistance among Shi'i women in the Middle East and Europe, this book studies the performance of sectarian and gender ...

'Almost a prerequisite for any serious study of Sufism in European languages': this was the verdict of Seyyed Hossein Nasr in his review of the fir...

Eyewitness accounts reveal how the Iranian state secretly executed thousands of political prisoners in the summer of 1988

Now available in a fully-revised and updated third edition, Islam: History, Religion and Politics, provides a comprehensive and engaging introducti...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 155 x 234 x 21Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): ...

Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar traces half a century of shifting Islamist doctrines, demonstrating that religious narratives in Iran can change rapidly...

This groundbreaking study will intrigue anyone interested in Confucianism. It shows how visual images and literary production enabled the creation ...

Exploring popular culture and national identity in post-revolutionary Iran, this accessible and innovative book based on multi-disciplinary researc...

Francis Young boldly argues that magic has throughout the history of the British Isles been at times as culturally and politically significant as r...

DescriptionFor almost two centuries, followers of the Baha'i faith, Iran's largest religious minority, have been persecuted by the state. They have...

Provides a close look at Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to understand Iran's recent history and how the Revolutionary Guards view...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Leigh Eric SchmidtIllustration(s): 14 b/w illus.Number of pages: 272Publication date: 2021Dimension...

Reducere. The breathtaking grounds of Eden Hill in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, have long been appreciated as a sign of God's mercy in Creation. It's part of ...

This book is an illustrated guide to events that led to today's spectacular vision of the Shrine of the B b and its garden terraces on Mount Carmel...

Reflecting on seven decades of the Iranian Kurdish movement, this history of its development from 1947 offers a vivid and comprehensive analysis of...

Reducere. With My Meditations on Saint Paul, follow in the missionary footsteps of Saint Paul from Damascus to Rome. Father James Sullivan begins each daily ...

Faith and Politics in Iran, Israel, and the Islamic State considers political theologies formulated in Iran and Israel over the course of the twent...

In October 1971 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, held a celebration to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire...

Utilizing a historical context, this work underscores the continued struggle within these societies between the hardliners who wish to relegate fem...

Publisher: Mage PublishersAuthor(s): Dr Willem FloorNumber of pages: 564Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 163 x 241 x 44Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

The forty years of Iran's embattled position, commitment to a nuclear programme, and the speculations that the revolution is running down proving t...

Reducere. The Story of Creation in the Qur'an is an exposition of the Qur'anic verses relating to the nature of physical phenomena, including the origins of ...

This is the story of the real Argo and one of the six Americans who escaped the 1979 capture of the American Embassy in Iran. The author explains w...

Reveals the daily lives and religious practice of ordinary Muslim men in Tajikistan as they aspire to become Sufi mystics. Benjamin Gatling describ...

Reducere. Throughout human history it is rare that someone so fully awakens that they both are limitlessly free, and live life to the fullest in human form. ...

An epic history revealing how the US and Iran went from allies to adversaries over three hundred years

Two hundred years from the birth of the Bab, this volume offers a unique, wide-ranging exploration of the life and legacy of the Bab, the Babi comm...

As human beings we stand on the threshold between two realities: the world of material existence and the world of spiritual Being. The "knowing hea...

Reducere. In Revolutionary Iran, Michael Axworthy guides us through recent Iranian history from shortly before the 1979 Islamic revolution through the summer...

DescriptionRepresentation, recognition and respect in world politics addresses a critical issue in global politics: how recognition and misrecognit...

Reducere. A detailed description of the mystical journey to Absolute Truth from Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee. At the root of every mystical calling is the search fo...

Reducere. The author of Ancient Philosophy, Mystery and Magic has unearthed a sensational, true story of a mystical and esoteric tradition that lies hidden a...

Publisher: Indiana University PressIllustration(s): 13 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 270Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 159 x 235 x ...

Reducere. The Bone Shrine has been praised as "both intimate and universal--a peek into the raw struggles of teen pregnancy and addiction, injustice and forg...

Analysing the representation of women in modern novels, short stories and cinema, this study is an examination of the controversial social institut...

Augustus and the Destruction of History explores how Romans of the late Republic and early imperial period reconfigured their understanding of hist...

DescriptionIran is home to the largest Jewish population in the Middle East, outside of Israel. At its peak in the twentieth century, the populatio...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Annabella PitkinIllustration(s): 7 halftonesNumber of pages: 280Collection: Buddhism and Moder...

Reducere. Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh knew they were putting their lives on the line. Islamic laws in Iran forbade them from sharing their Chri...

'Ali ibn 'Asakir (1105-1176) was one of the most renowned experts on Hadith and Islamic history in the medieval era. His was a tumultuous time: cen...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Andrew BallNumber of pages: 272Collection: New Directions in Religion and LiteraturePublication date...

Written in the Glasgow vernacular, this work is compiled from new Auld Testament stories woven into "Auld Testament Tales", as well as a complete r...

The story of how humiliation has been used as a means of coercion and control in the modern age - from the shaving of the heads of alleged women co...

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In an age that smirks at the mention of miracles, sin, angels, and demons, St. Pio of Pietrelchina has emerged as a figure of immense popularity, a...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr. Necati (University of Bamberg, Germany) AlkanNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2022Dimension...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...